Harol Varner III will replace the four-time champion.
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“Continuing to make progress, but simply not ready for PGA”, Steinberg wrote of Woods.
On April 1, 2014, Woods announced he would miss the Masters Tournament for the first time as a professional to undergo a microdiscectomy (his first back surgery).
In an email to the Golf Channel, Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg said the star golfer was going to miss the rest of the season as he continues to recover from multiple back operations.
It looks like we’re going to have to wait longer to see Tiger Woods play, because he won’t be headed to the PGA Tournament next week.
Woods’ string of absences is unprecedented, as he’ll now sit out four consecutive majors, the longest streak of his career.
But it won’t quite be the same without Woods, who finished fifth the last time the PGA Championship was played at Baltusrol.
Woods hasn’t won a major since 2008, when he won the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. A month after that, on the Quicken Loans broadcast, Woods couldn’t confirm whether he would be able to play competitive golf at all in 2016. “If I knew, I’d tell you, because it’d be fun to know”.
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This year’s PGA Championship will be held at Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey, from July 28-31.
